The Four Noble Truths are not merely theoretical propositions but a framework for understanding and transforming our experience.

Awareness is the basis, or what you might call the "support," of the mind. It is steady and unchanging, like the pole to which the flag of ordinary consciousness is attached.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

The practitioner and practice are like fire and wood. The more you practice, the more you burn.

The path to liberation is a gradual path of self-discipline, self-development, and self-transformation.

Nothing is permanent. Everything is subject to change. Being is always becoming.

We do not "come into" this world; we come out of it, as leaves from a tree.

The essence of Buddhist practice is to bring everything onto the path. Every experience becomes an opportunity for awakening.

The precious pot containing my riches becomes my teacher in the very moment it breaks.

To live – is that not enough? To love – is that not everything?

For whom emptiness is possible, everything is possible. For whom emptiness is not possible, nothing is possible.

There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called yesterday and the other is called tomorrow, so today is the right day to love, believe, do and mostly live.

Do not follow the ideas of others, but learn to listen to the voice within yourself.

When you note pain, you should not dwell on the thought, "I feel pain." Simply recognize the presence of pain.

Nothing can harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.

The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless.

The snow lion stays in the mountains, and the snow lion's ways are the snow lion's ways.

Whoever told you that practice and enlightenment are separate?

Meditation is not about trying to change ourselves. Meditation is about being aware of what is.

Enlightenment is not the end of change but the end of resistance to change.

Neither from itself nor from another, nor from both, nor without a cause, does anything whatever, anywhere arise.

The goal of meditation is not to achieve a blank mind, but to gain insight into the nature of mind itself.

Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.

The mind that notes and the object that is noted are both impermanent. Understanding this leads to liberation.

What we learn about the world is colored by the way we approach it.

Whatever we do, we should see ourselves. Reading books doesn't show us our defilements. Watch yourself. Watch your mind.

The door of your heart can only be opened from the inside.

The practice of patience guards us against losing our presence of mind.

True freedom is a freedom from the tyranny of our own thoughts and afflictive emotions.

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

Face your own anger and you will be free from anger. Face your own fears and you will be free from fear.

To see the truth, do not be for or against. The struggle between for and against is the mind's worst disease.

The real secret of the arts: always be a beginner.